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 New Grants
Asociación Civil Lola Mora (ALM)
$33,800 over one year
ALM will work closely with the Asociación Civil Ferizama (Ferizama) in Buenos Aires to plan the conversion of the Parque Lezama street market for used goods into a producers’ market. They will identify vendor skills and interests, conduct market studies to ascertain the best goods to produce, define appropriate training, and strengthen the management structure of Ferizama. (AR-346)
Asociación Civil Raices (Raices)
$60,662 over one year
Raices will work with three cooperatives in the city of Cordoba to offer training and meaningful employment to adults and young people, to professionalize waste collection and recycling, and to teach the benefits of recycling to residents in 50 neighborhoods. (AR-348)
Fundación Solidaridad (FS), $203,940 over three years
FS will improve the food security of farm families in northern Mendoza and their direct access to markets by reducing the role of the middle man and diversifying outlets. The project will benefit 520 farmers and approximately 2,900 family members. (AR-349)
Coopsol Ltda. (Coopsol)
$244,968 over three years
Coopsol will form an export consortium with other producers in Santiago del Estero to market organic and nonorganic Fair-Trade honey. It will improve and expand training and technical assistance in beekeeping for low-income youths, provide credit for business start-up and expansion, and upgrade the extracting plant. (AR-347)
Fundación Solidaridad (FS)
$203,940 over three years
FS will improve the food security of farm families in northern Mendoza and their direct access to markets by reducing the role of the middle man and diversifying outlets. The project will benefit 520 farmers and approximately 2,900 family members. (AR-349)
Supplemental Grants
Centro de Iniciativas para el Desarrollo Local “La Choza” (La Choza)
$45,090
La Choza will train approximately 150 NGO employees, municipal officials and community leaders, including youth leaders, in its program to form local development promoters. (AR-337-A2)
Fundación Vida Silvestre Argentina (FVSA)
$52,900
FVSA will train 120 farmers and their families in Colonia Andresito, Misiones, in cooperative management and marketing, and will purchase equipment for a bottling plant, including sterilization machinery and a computer. (AR-336-A4)
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